Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview experience

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MadridPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The process I went through felt long and a bit logistics-heavy.

I did an OA and then moved into the standard Amazon-style flow with multiple onsite rounds, and there was a clear emphasis that leadership-style behavioral questions were central—people weren’t just looking for answers, they were looking for how I thought and how I showed fit. Scheduling was tricky enough that it stretched the timeline.

During the stages themselves, I kept running into questions that sounded simple on the surface but demanded structured stories. The behavioral format leaned heavily on “tell me about a time” and STAR-style follow-ups, and that same leadership emphasis showed

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